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4:40 PM ET, May 5, 2019

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Zachary Basu / Axios:
House Democrat walks back Mueller's “tentative” agreement to testify on May 15  —  After claiming on Fox News Sunday that the House Judiciary Committee and a representative for special counsel Robert Mueller have agreed to a “tentative date” of May 15 for Mueller to testify, Rep. David Cicilline (D-R.I.) said that was not the case.
Discussion: Raw Story and NBC News
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CNN:
House Democrat clarifies comments on Mueller, Judiciary Committee reaching “tentative date” for special counsel to testify  —  (CNN)House Judiciary member David Cicilline said Sunday that the committee has reached a “tentative date” of May 15 for Mueller to testify, though he later clarified …
Quint Forgey / Politico:
Trump: ‘Mueller should not testify’  —  President Donald Trump said on Sunday that Robert Mueller “should not testify” before Congress, hours after a Democratic lawmaker confirmed that the House Judiciary Committee was still seeking to schedule a hearing with the special counsel later this month.
Michael Conway / NBC News:   If William Barr continues to defy subpoenas, Watergate offers House Democrats several options
Felicia Sonmez / Washington Post:
In reversal, Trump says Mueller ‘should not testify’ before Congress
Discussion: Daily Kos
Washington Post:   Mueller and House Judiciary Committee tentatively agree on May 15 for his testimony on Russia …
Maureen Dowd / New York Times:
Fair Play Is No Match for Foul
Discussion: Hullabaloo
Jack Goldsmith / Lawfare:
Thoughts on Barr and the Mueller Report
Discussion: Outside the Beltway
New York Times:
Asked if a Woman Can Win, 2020 Candidates Offer an Easy Answer: ‘I Have’  —  CRESTON, Iowa — Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York had a request: Before anyone mocked her claim that she was the Democratic presidential candidate best positioned to take on President Trump, at least listen to the evidence.
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Adam Kelsey / ABC News:
Sanders pushes back against Biden's claim he's the ‘most progressive’ candidate in the Democratic field  —  Sen. Bernie Sanders pushed back against former Vice President Joe Biden's claim that he has “the most progressive record” of any candidate in the Democratic presidential field …
Marisa Fernandez / Axios:
Bernie Sanders rolls out “Roosevelt style trust-busting” agriculture plan  —  2020 Democrat Bernie Sanders unveiled a multi-faceted, comprehensive plan to help revitalize rural farming communities and break up big agriculture corporations like Bayer-Monsanto and John Deere by enacting “Roosevelt style trust-busting laws.”
Discussion: Politico
Zachary Basu / Axios:
Trump names ex-Obama Border Patrol chief new head of ICE  —  President Trump tweeted on Sunday that Mark Morgan, a career FBI official and the former head of Border Patrol during the last few months of the Obama administration, will become the new director of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement.
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Molly O'Toole / Los Angeles Times:
Trump taps Mark Morgan, former Obama Border Patrol chief, to head ICE
Rebecca Ballhaus / Wall Street Journal:   Trump Taps Mark Morgan as Head of Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Aidan McLaughlin / Mediaite:
Wallace Confronts Pompeo on Trump's Russia Contradiction: Is Putin Propping Up a Dictator or Looking for Something Positive?  —  Fox News anchor Chris Wallace confronted Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Sunday over President Donald Trump's defense of Russia's involvement in Venezuela.
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Sung-Yoon Lee / New York Times:
Kim Jong-un Shot a Rocket? He Wants to Talk
Discussion: Gizmodo and Mother Jones
Mark Murray / NBC News:
‘Hung jury’: Public remains divided over Mueller probe in new NBC/WSJ poll  —  Sixty percent of Americans say President Donald Trump has been dishonest in the Russia investigation, but it's a mixed bag on impeachment hearings.  —  WASHINGTON — Sixty percent of Americans say President Donald Trump …
Will Bunch / Philly.com:
Trump's diabolical plan to blow up democracy, get reelected and avoid jail just might work  —  How did Donald Trump's most recent week go?  —  Let's see ... his recently handpicked attorney general William Barr was accused of committing a crime by House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and seems on the brink of a contempt of Congress citation.
Daily Mail:
It is clear that the voters delivered their judgment in large part based on what is happening - or not happening - at Westminster  —  The voters expect us to deliver on the result of the referendum and, so far, Parliament has rejected the deal which I have put forward.
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Katie Jennings / Politico:
May to Corbyn: 'Let's do a deal' on Brexit
Discussion: The Guardian
Michael Daly / The Daily Beast:
The Hezbollah Sleeper Agent Busted for Black Ops in America  —  Ali Kourani allegedly helped a global terrorist network plot revenge against the U.S. from a home in the Bronx.  He was undone after running a stop sign with 190 pairs of Uggs.  —  Michael Daly
Ross Douthat / New York Times:
A Spy by Any Name  —  A few questions about the F.B.I.'s don't-call-it-spying on the Trump campaign.  —  Back in the golden age of presidential conduct, before Donald Trump wrecked every norm and smashed every guardrail, someone — either in Lyndon Johnson's White House or in Langley …
Discussion: New York Post
Maggie Severns / Politico:
Liberal megadonors plan $100 million swing-state blitz to beat Trump  —  The country's most powerful liberal donor club is reshaping its spending on the 2020 elections, playing down longtime relationships with groups in Washington and instead preparing to pour $100 million into key states to help defeat President Donald Trump.
Sarah Rumpf / RedState:
Democrats Attempt Twitter Poll About SCOTUS Justices.  It Goes...Poorly.  —  The Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee (DSCC), the organization working to elect Democrats to the United States Senate, posted a poll on their Twitter account Friday afternoon on the topic of Supreme Court Justices.
Jamie Lovegrove / Post and Courier:
Joe Biden targets Trump, vows to 'restore America's soul' in first SC 2020 campaign stop … Former Vice President Joe Biden speaks at the first South Carolina rally of his 2020 presidential campaign in Columbia on Saturday, May 4, 2019.  Daniel Hare/Special to The Post and Courier
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Natasha Korecki / Politico:
Biden gives Trump a nickname: ‘Clown’
Discussion: Fox News, Bloomberg, Axios and Mediaite
 
 
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Anna Fifield / Washington Post:
Beijing's one-child policy is gone. But many Chinese are still reluctant to have more.
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Michael Goodwin / New York Post:
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Timothy McLaughlin / Washington Post:
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Jennifer Schuessler / New York Times:
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Discussion: Raw Story
Charles P. Pierce / Esquire:
Please Explain How This Entire Presidency* Isn't a National-Security Crisis
Discussion: Washington Post